Meeting Planner Careers

During your educational experiences, you may find that you love being involved in meetings but being a planner responsible for the whole enchilada is too much at first. You want to ease into it but don’t know where to start. Here are some ideas to consider.

Culinary Arts

If you enjoyed learning to plan the dinners and receptions the most, you may want to consider more education in the culinary arts. There are lots of culinary institutes around, sometimes several in one city. Community colleges also offer various courses of study, including a pastry chef specialization. Read more…

International events can be some of the most challenging and exciting events for the professional planner. However, there are some other tools you will need in order to make them runs smoothly. Here is a brief overview of things you will need to become and international event planner.

Education

First, you will need business courses that target international business. It will help you to know how other countries and cultures handle foreigners, deal with money, and use business etiquette.

Other Meeting Planners

If you need to plan an event on foreign soil, you should seek the assistance of a meeting planner in that country. Your new contact will have all the information necessary to plan a successful meeting–cultural issues, taxation, customs, shipping, law, and currency information. If other planners don’t have all the information you need, they will have contacts within their countries who can help you. Read more…